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Saturday, September 23, 2017 @10am
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Our Guest:
 Chris Cynkar
Franchise Consultant
FranChoice
412-877-2000
ccynkar@franchoise.com
New Franchising Trends and Career Opportunities –
Chris Cynkar knows the challenges of finding the perfect business opportunity. For the past 15 years, Chris has walked in the shoes of a business owner. With business ownership experience in multiple industries, Chris possesses the skills necessary to help candidates find the perfect franchise opportunity to achieve their specific goals. After beginning his career with a Big 6 accounting firm and earning his CPA license, Chris spent 3 years working in financial management with 2 rapidly growing companies in the healthcare and manufacturing industries. In 1999, Chris made a career shift from employee to owner. Since he chose business ownership, Chris has owned and operated businesses in a variety of industries including commercial printing, medical equipment, professional services, real estate and healthcare staffing services. In all of these businesses, Chris served as both the lead investor and, more importantly, the leading executive of the company.
Since 2006, Chris has been an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University. He has worked with hundreds of students to evaluate, plan and start businesses in countless industry segments. In 2011, Chris joined a leading retail franchise as a master franchisee.
Chris has joined FranChoice in order to help candidates benefit from his deep and diverse business ownership experience. Because of the variety of industries in which Chris has direct experience, he is able to assist candidates in evaluating multiple business opportunities with an experienced guide on their side. Chris’ goal is to help every candidate find the franchise opportunity that will help them reach all of their personal and professional goals.
Saturday, September 16, 2017
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Our Guest:
Barry Lawrence, MBA, aPHR
Director of Communications
HRCI
Barry has more than 20 years of experience as a corporate communications pro with a passion for talent management and using internal and external campaigns that drive both employee and customer results.
Barry heads corporate communications and research on emerging human resource management issues for the HR Certification Institute (HRCI), the premier professional credentialing organization for the HR profession for more than 40 years. He has also served as a communications leader at CareerBuilder, the Society for Human Resource Management, Verizon Business, Siemens and the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies.
His perspectives on human resource management, the job market and career planning have been featured on Bloomberg News, Fox Business News and in several business publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, and Business Week.
Saturday, September 2, 2017
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Our Guest:
Jeff Stern
Media & Cultural Professor
48 Hour Digital Fast
48-Hour Digital Fast –
It wasn’t easy, but Professor Jeff Stern and his students went on a 48-hour “Digital Fast” in which they shut down all their devices and experienced a very different kind of REALITY for a weekend. Jeff will go over his experience in our May series on REALITY.
Jeff Stern is a filmmaker, professor and occasional Luddite who lives in Portsmouth, NH. He earned his MFA in film production from Boston University. His most recent film, The Morning of Everything, has played at numerous national film festivals including the Independent Film Festival Boston, Ashland Independent Film Festival, New Hampshire Film Festival and the Monadnock International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film. Jeff works at Bentley University, where he teaches filmmaking courses in the Media and Culture Program. Stern is a board member at 3S Artspace.
In 2014, Stern required his Bentley University students to go on a 48-hour “Digital Fast”, in which they shut down all digital devices (phones, laptops, TV’s, video games) for a weekend. The students (and Stern) kept a journal of the experience and it formed the basis of their final project in the class. His Digital Fast received press coverage in The Boston Globe and on WBUR. Stern is planning on challenging the city of Portsmouth to embark on a Digital Fast this summer.
You can connect with him at on twitter at https://twitter.com/JeffAStern or on his website at http://themorningofeverything.com.
Saturday, Aug 26, 2017
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Our Guest:
Doug Packard
Author
Lead Your Journey
Douglas A. Packard (CEO/Owner) gained over 20 years of leadership and management experience before starting his consulting practice in 2001. He had success in a number of different positions in the information processing industry including Account Manager, District Manager, Domestic Marketing, International Product Management and Strategic Planning. He was involved in multiple industries, worked with businesses of all sizes, and traveled extensively worldwide.
During one especially rewarding period, Doug helped develop an innovative Customer Relationship Management Process that included cross-functional/cultural teams. As a result of this effort, customer satisfaction levels and revenues were increased sharply and Doug became inspired by the breakthrough learning that took place in teams made up of members with diverse backgrounds. This experience was pivotal to Doug learning that a fresh set of eyes, coming from a different perspective, can make a world of difference when trying to take a relationship, a project, a product line, or an entire business, to the next level of success.
During periods with two different Fortune 1000 companies, Doug held strategic positions in which he managed relationships with numerous outside consultants. Through this experience Doug formed his beliefs and values about “The way consulting should be!”
In 2001, Doug opened his practice with Renaissance Executive Forums and dedicated himself to helping top executives and business owners accelerate their success. He organizes and leads custom designed peer groups, provides individual coaching, and helps leaders increase the effectiveness of their management teams.
Doug is a member of:
Doug writes a column for Mainebiz called “Views from the top – Issues facing top leadership“. He is a volunteer mentor and resource for MCED (Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development). He also recently participated on a CEO panel at Mainebiz‘ Maine Momentum Convention.
You can find Doug and learn more about him on LinkedIn.
Doug is headquartered in Portland, Maine with his wife Mary, three sons, and their dog Frankie. He enjoys golfing, skiing, and traveling.
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